Histoire contemporaine européenne
L'Europe est un terme aux définitions multiples et contradictoires qui englobe des questions complexes et importantes. Partant de l'ère contemporaine, le C²DH s'attache à explorer les limites et la portée de ce terme, en réfléchissant à ses frontières souvent changeantes, qu'elles soient géographiques, chronologiques ou symboliques.
Bridges are often symbolically used to refer to a Europe that creates links between peoples and nations. The iconic “Red Bridge” in Luxembourg demonstrates the complexity of this image: funded by the reparations paid by Germany after the Second World War, it links the old city with the European institutions, for which the people of Luxembourg have somewhat mixed feelings. As a metaphor for a society undergoing rapid demographic, economic and social change, it encourages reflection on the place of Luxembourg and its people in Europe and the world.
Photo by Fiischen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 lu (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/lu/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons.
